Webinfosys's Local News : 'AIIMS being run by coterie of junior doctors'

NEW DELHI: Continuing his attack on AIIMS Director P Venugopal, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss on Wednesday said the premier institute was being run by a "coterie of junior doctors" and its head was not a good administrator.

"Venugopal is a very good doctor, but administration wise he has no clue about what is happening in AIIMS," Ramadoss told reporters here.

"It (AIIMS) is being run by a coterie of junior doctors and sometimes even Venugopal is under pressure," he said.

Asserting that the government has taken a slew of steps for the betterment of the institute, he said, "we have almost doubled the allocation for AIIMS to Rs 500 crore".

"My only issue is that they have frequent strikes," Ramadoss said.

Venugopal has been involved in a tug of war with the health minister. The recent spat was over the AIIMS convocation when the minister signed the certificates of doctors only after court intervention.

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